I don't see that there would be anything preventing the victims from turning into oppressors, given the chance.
I absolutely agree with you. The school will stratify in some way or another. The harsh reality is that there are bullies that never outgrew highschool, and it's highly likely you'll end up working for or with one of them.
Now, teaching kids coping mechanisms, THAT would be innovative. Confidence building in the classroom - hey, what a novel idea! But I suppose most of the teachers barely have time for that since they've got classrooms filled with kids and a stupid cirriculum set by the Bushy administration that they have to teach to so that kids do well on standardized tests and the school doesn't loose any more of it's funding.
Oh, and homeschool, (ok, I've known 1 person who was an exception to this, but only one) serves to socially retard children and severly damage their ability to function once they're out of home school. Bigger handicap than a crappy public school as far as I'm concerned.
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Date: 2005-08-04 07:04 pm (UTC)From:I absolutely agree with you. The school will stratify in some way or another. The harsh reality is that there are bullies that never outgrew highschool, and it's highly likely you'll end up working for or with one of them.
Now, teaching kids coping mechanisms, THAT would be innovative. Confidence building in the classroom - hey, what a novel idea! But I suppose most of the teachers barely have time for that since they've got classrooms filled with kids and a stupid cirriculum set by the Bushy administration that they have to teach to so that kids do well on standardized tests and the school doesn't loose any more of it's funding.
Oh, and homeschool, (ok, I've known 1 person who was an exception to this, but only one) serves to socially retard children and severly damage their ability to function once they're out of home school. Bigger handicap than a crappy public school as far as I'm concerned.
I think the experiment is going to fail, Tyler.